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Shewbridge Field SetsTop Sports Bill for Sunday'DONKEY BALL’ ONFOR TWO DAYSSportsmen May A.C* to Battle Monroe Fox TeamDonkey Ball,” a strictly American pastime nobody has yet found an excuse for inventing but one that everybody finds highly amusing, will be played tonight and tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. in the May A.C. field, 69th and Aberdeen sts., with the Sportsmen May A.C. crossing jackasses with the Monroe Fox team.None of the players on either team have ever ridden donkeys in a baseball game before, but the score in that direction is offset by the fact that none of the donkeys that will be used have ever carried any members of either team.The donkeys to be used belong to Ralph Miller, who bills them as the original baseball jackasses. The animals have played more than 1,000 games in 16 of the Mid-dlewestern states and have appeared from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada in the six seasons since the sport was introduced.In donkey ball, all players except the pitcher and catcher ride mules. When the batter gets a hit he must mount his donkey and ride around the bases in proper order— if he* finds he can persuade the donkey to see eye to eye with him in the matter. There are no strikeouts or walks and all fielders must ride to within a step of the ball before dismounting. They must remount before throwing the ball.Depot Taverns Set Pace in Kershaw Field LoopDefending the crown first captured last season, the Depot Taverns are setting the pace in the Kershaw Playground Softball league with two victories in the first week of play.Last week the leaders routed the Monroe Fox aggregation by a score of 12 to 5 and then swamped the Mel and Ott Collins team Wednesday in a one-sided game, 16 to 2.The best game of the week was played Friday night when the Varsity Billiards edged out the Gran-aias, 11 to 8. Bleachers will be put up about the diamond afterthe school session ends in order to accommodate crowds.Ft. Dearborn Wins Pair as S.A.L. Loop OpensFt. Dearborn squadron No. 268, 1940 state champions in the Sons of the American Legion softball league, opened their 1941 S.A.L. campaign Sunday at the Car Bams field by registering two victories over the Oakland Kenwood squad-A big program is in store for softball and baseball fans of Southtown at Shewbridge field, 74th and Aberdeen sts., next Sunday. In the afternoon the Chicago Mills will battle the House of David in a doubleheader, while the evening spotlight will be held by “Ray Schalk Night” ceremonies and a softball encounter between the Garden City Brewers, defending Girls’ Major league champions, and the Steppers of Litchfield, 111., led by Mike Kreevich’s sister, June.The twin bill between the Mills and House of David will be the first of the season at Shewbridge field, with the first game starting at 1:30 p.m. Two weeks ago the Mills whipped the bearded boys, 3 to 2, in the most thrilling game to date on the local field.Sims, Wilkins to Hurl.Bill Harley, manager of the Mills, announced today that Tony Sims, veteran right hander formerly of the Spencer Coals, and Jack Wilkins, husky southpaw, will handle Sunday’s pitching assignments against the House of David. Last Sunday Wilkins pitched the Mills to a losing game against Joe Green’s Chicago Giants, 5 to 3.Two or three times during the course of the afternoon’s double-header the House of David players will put on their nationally known Pepper Game,” led by the team’s outstanding first baseman, JohnTucker.Highlight of the evening’s program will be ceremonies honoring Ray Schalk, catcher for the Chicago White Sox for over a decade and a member of the South sider’s 1919 American league pennant winners. Schalk has since managed several teams, including Indianapolis of the American association. He resides at 9229 Damen ave. and owns two big bowling alleys, one of which is in the process of construction in Beverly Hills.League Games Slated.The feature game of Ray Schalk Night” will bring together the Steppers of Litchfield, led by June Kreevich, and the Garden City Brewers, defending champions of the Chicago Girls’ Major league, at 9 p.m. A preliminary game involving the Shewbridge field girls will start at 7:30 p.m.Other games on the Garden City Brewers schedule at Shewbridge field this week are all league games. Tonight they face the Winkler Motors, Friday night they will encounter the league-leading Parichy Bloomer Girls with Boots” Klupping, former star pitcher of the Brewers; the Rock-olas will be their foes on Saturday, Tuesday a crowd is expected to watch them battle their bitter league s rivals, the Down Drafts, and next Wednesday they will again face the Winkler Motors, new league entry.c/ft?ccopanctitlfielTh!at ; 1 Ho-tim anc twc divCal220IPajlt;infpieme:inSh ( theIthebrosonofplacit3beeracIininoutsitzancIsecmesCaliSouHycHirBovParT/WiITa'sta:bythelea.welt;/Ry*ingTa^tor;parWitlinshisCdrreasOttIBuido\
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Suburbanite Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Jun 11, 1941
Page 47
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Robert P.
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